Brighton by Delivery

"This gig was recorded on cassette tape on the 29th of September 1972 at The Dome in Brighton. This version of Delivery, a prototype of Hatfield and the North with Steve Miller on electric piano, was short-lived and played only a handful of gigs, so we are lucky to have any document from this period. This may have been the last time Steve played with them before Dave Sinclair stepped in, the resulting lineup playing only one or two gigs as Delivery before changing names to Hatfield and the North. This occasion was made extra special by the presence of Didier Malherbe, who was enjoying a holiday in the UK during a break in Gong’s activities (during that stay he also sat in with Kevin Ayers during his Banana Follies residency), on sax and flute, which results in extended jamming sections. The set list appears to have been pretty much settled, beginning with Steve’s “One For You“, recorded a few months prior for the first Coxhill/Miller album, the first time all four members had been captured playing together. The rest is mostly an embryonic Hatfield set list, with a couple of interesting variations – an instrumental based on Caravan’s “Waterloo Lily” and a never officially released composition by Pip Pyle, “All Day Forever“, on which he also plays rhythm guitar. This seems to have been related to “Shaving Is Boring” as the theme is briefly reprised at a faster tempo at the end of the latter. Lastly we have the first seconds of “God Song“, sadly cut just as Richard begins to sing – his only vocals in the entire set."
-Aymeric Leroy
Nicked from https://philmillerthelegacy.com/music/delivery-brighton-29-sept-1972-restored/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_pHpcv1kek

"On the cassette spine the handwritten names seem to be “Laurie Lol Steve.” They could be Laurie Allan, Lol Coxhill and Steve Miller... but those names refer to the other side of the cassette, not this one."
-Kyle

Tracklist

1.	One For You	5:26

2.	Big Jobs (Poo Poo Extract)	2:46

3.	Waterloo Lily (instrumental)	3:28

4.	For Robert	3:44

5.	Fol De Rol	5:32

6.	Finesse Is For Fairies	2:44

7.	All Day Forever (aka A1 Blues)	4:09

8.	Nan True's Hole	5:18

9.	Shaving Is Boring	6:41

10.	God Song [partial]	0:21

Credits

released September 29, 1972

Richard Sinclair - bass
Phil Miller - guitar
Steve Miller - electric piano
Pip Pyle - drums, rhythm guitar (track 7)
with:
Didier Malherbe - soprano saxophone & flute

Recorded Friday September 29th, 1972 at The Dome, Brighton, England
brightondome.org
www.barkermorris.com/brighton-dome/

Published by SinclairSongs © 1972 All Rights Reserved

This is a "recording of indeterminate origin," i.e. a bootleg. If you buy it from me, it'll be the first time anyone in the band has seen a quid from it.

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